City to use ordinance to clean up homeless encampmentsBethania Palma Markus
After five years of homeless encampments along Pittsburgh's river trails, many residents say they're fed up.
The homeless can now cash in by bagging up trash -- helping eliminate the eyesore that encampments often create. "We need to reduce the amount of public complaints that we're getting," said Bontrager. "We'd go there, it would just be a massive mess, we'd spend hours just cleaning and...
It also gives the impression that curbing illegal dumping is not a priority for Sanitation given all of its other responsibilities, including cleaning up of homeless encampments. Maybe it is time for the Mayor and the City Council to make the curbing of illegal dumping a priority by providing...
and city officials faced scrutiny from advocates accusing them of accelerating the clearing of homeless encampments near Coors Field, according to theAssociated Press. The city conducted encampment sweeps for 17 weeks in a row leading up to the event, more sweeps than the city ever logged before...
Valley Water officials have expressed that they are facing a daily challenge to prevent trash buildup in homeless encampments. Pastor Scott Wagers from CHAM Deliverance Ministry, an unhoused advocacy nonprofit, "The biggest complaint with these encampments is blight." Adding, "Where are they gonna ...
Rosalinda Romero, right, manager at Langer’s Delicatessen-Restaurant, stands near the front door as a homeless woman screams outside. Norm Langer, owner of Langer’s, says he’s upset with multiple festering public safety issues in the MacArthur Park neig...
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